Lands. We are not asking others to change their way of life but to pursue common goals that allow our children to live better and safer lives. This presence principled realism will guide our decisions going forward. And said the days of spending in military conflicts are over. America will work with the Afghan Government as long as we see determination and progress. However, our commitment is not unlimited and our support is not a blank check. Not a blank check. President trump then pressured the countries in the region its their time to step up and they have to pay their fair share. Take a look. Well ask our nato allies and Global Partners to support our new strategy with additional troop and funding increases in line with our own. We are confident they will. Since taking office i have made clear our allies and partners much contribute much more money to our collective defense. And they have done so. And as commanderinchief hes refusing to telegraph our military plans to americas enemies. This is refreshing. Take a look. Conditions on the ground not arbitrary timetables will guide our strategy from now on. Americas enemies just never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I cannot say when we are going to attack but attack we will. Now, after outlining his new plan for afghanistan, President Trump made a powerful call for unity in america and of course made his Opening Statement obviously gierd at the tragedy in geared at the tragedy in charlottesville. Take a look at this. When one part of america hurts we all hurt. When one citizen suffers an injustice we all suffer together. Loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another. Love for america requires love for all of its people. When we open our hearts to patriotism there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry and no tolerance for hate. Well have more later on the program with Newt Gingrich and we saw the government in governor mode. We saw an onslaught of unprecedented attacks. If i had any advice for the president , that using the power of the pulpit to advance his plan with good cadence this is time for the agenda, the agenda and this is the great first step. The power of the president ial pulpit is beyond description. And you take the unrelenting media attacks and you think about fixing america and keeping us safe and secure theres no boundaries to the incredible things that can be done for this country and for the world. We saw tonight is the president is better soft. Its time to get back to work after labor day and not step on the win. Joining us is the former u. S. Ambassador to the u. S. , mr. John bolton. Well start with you. Your general impressions. I like a lot of things about that. I dont like nation building and an unlimited budget and others not doing their part. I dont like the fact other president s telegraphed pulling out and people sit and wait to go back to their nefarious activities. Its a dramatic change from the Obama Administration. Thats the most important thing that comes through clearly in a lot of respect. Much of what the president said is right. He wont have artificial time limits and wont negotiate with the taliban until presumably theyve been sufficiently beaten back so they negotiate on our terms. He said to the troops theyll have the necessary tools and right rules of engagement. Nonetheless, i think theres a couple critical points while the speech rhetorically was fine we need to see how it plays out. One is afghanistan in changing the policy. One of the pillars of his new policy. I think afghanistan will be won or lost in pakistan. I certainly think more pressure on the government there because of its support for terrorist groups them safe haven in pakistan is welcome. But lets be clear, pakistan is a nuclear power. To see them tip into terrorist control would give them iran on steroids. Pakistan wouldnt have the capability without china. China has as part of the one belt, one Road Initiative increasing the influence in pakistan and put more to the country than we do. Its time to say to china if you want better relations with the United States convince pakistan to give up the taliban safe havens and seriously renounce terrorism. I agree with you. Remember what china has been doing with north korea. They launch first they will not be there for them. The cancelled the coal shipment after the president met with President Trump. Apparently 30minute meetings went on for three hours. I want to go over the president s words. He talked about winning a war. Obliterating the enemy, empowering generals that are on the ground and as large as on the field. You cant make these decisions from washington. You cant telegraph what they do. My complaint, vietnam 50,000 of americas greatest buy and we pull out because politics. We begin to view war through the prism of politics. Iraq and afghanistan, they were both equally politicized. You cannot politicize war but if we want to defeat radical islam and we see attacks we better take it seriously there to prevent it here. I think its a good strategy. Remember, barack obama said in the war on terrorism we wont have Something Like the end of world war ii with the surrender signs on the back of the missouri and handcuffs on the as large as soldiers. In his rhetoric were fighting in afghanistan to defend afghanistan. Thats incidental to the reason. Were there to protect america from the terrorists threat. When you say theres no blank check for afghanistan in terms of nation building i agree with that but we cannot believe our defense ultimately rests on afghanistan. If thats the case we have real trouble. But its part of the war on terror. He address had too and talked about secure borders and about a policy at home which well get through throughout the night. Ambassador, thank you for being here and joining us now with more reaction the host of war stories. Colonel oliver north. You have a couple purple hearts from vietnam and i know you lost a lot of friends in vietnam and now people buried at arlington. I know its a raw issue with you because i heard you give speeches and seen you tear up and your heart breaks for these families. The biggest thing i heard tonight was obliteration, winning, taking the handcuffs off. Letting the generals and the guys on the ground decide and no longer was it going to be about nation building and no longer will we have these ridiculous rules of engagement. First time we have a definition of victory obliteration and preventing the taliban from taking over and stopping terrorists. Straightforward and good stuff and the right thing to say in the aftermath of the eight years of the previous administration. Hell shift from a timebase to conditionbased decision and implement the economic and military strment instruments of power and put pakistan on notice. And its all long overdue. Obviously this is going to make a difference. Heres the problem, weve now had 17 generals running the war in afghanistan. Ive been there. You and i have been on the air more times than i care to count. Every time youve been on the road in a war zone you and i have a special code we send back and times which is mean on my part. Well save it between us. Ill have one of those steaks yet. He talked about the rules of engagement for waging the battle. No place to hide for terrorists that includes across the border in pakistan. He talked beautifully about the courage and perseverance of those ive been covering for the last 16 years. The idea, however, of following the same course of action on the ground that 17 generals including general nicholson there now may have pursued may not be the thing to give us the results wed like to have. I was pleased he did not mention and did not talk about the idea of conducting glan clandestine operations. Weve had 20,000 wounded. I spent time with a number of them in the place thats got old faithful in it. We spent almost a 1 trillion. We will spent almost 50 billion this year. You have to say well look at other tactics on the ground. Maybe a hybrid of what was presented last weekend up in camp david and what was announced and a straightforward troops on the ground and expectations have you for allies to step up to the plate. I think it was very positive. I think it was unlike anything let me ask you this. When the president talked about going against his own instinct base ond wh based on what he learned and things you only learn as being president and every one of my military friends was writing me ecstatic tonight. Those who served especially under obama. Oh, were not going to telegraph. The rules of engagement are going to be on . You mean we can fight a war and not get accused of killing the enemy. I remember the last president announcing a troop surge and then next day he went to u. S. Military academy at west point and announced when they were withdrawing. This president has said, its a conditionsbased withdrawal. He hasnt given a specific number of troops hell put in there. Thats very important. It sets our adversaries on notice they cant simply fight us and wait us out. In other words, its not a timedriven strategy. Thats a very positive thing. Not withstanding what was said about pakistan, it puts them on notice. The rules of engagement are now changed. Theyre defined not in the quarters of power in washington but out on the battlefield. Colonel, listen, i know your love of the military and have been out on the road with you and in hospitals with you so i know your commitment is beyond anybody i know. This i think is important, though, why would any president in the case of obama ever telegraph what were going do . Hes not saying how many troops or what were going do. He just promised overwhelming use of military force and decisions made on the ground by the people who know best. The right thing to say and im not talking about president obama but President Trump. I hope the strategy allows room for, if you will, new ideas for the plan of putting nonu. S. Advisors who work with the afghan troops on the ground covert operations. Plausible deniability. And he didnt talk about it which i consider to be a great thing. Some people were thinking he ought to reject it out of him and people on previous shows said reject it out of him and i consider that to be a positive thing. This speech needed to be given. It was the right thing to say and plays respect to those who serve and credence to their sacrifice and perseverance. There are people serving jail terms now. Clinton morantz is one name that comes to mind. And before he was a platoon leader he was tasked with dealing with a platoon in the prior week or two lost people that were their brothers literally right before and guys on motorcycles charging the troops, wouldnt listen or stop. He has to make a splitsecond decision. Hes now spending time in jail this guy, 20 years. Thats the kind of guy id like to see get a pardon. This is a commanderinchief who love those who wear the uniform and put their lives on the line. He said you learn more when youre sitting in the chair. Thats a remarkable no previous president said that since ronald reagan. I have Great Respect for a president that can do that. Good luck to you and my promise continues for this appearance. Semper fi, buddy. When we come back, michael waltz, tony President Trump decisions on the ground not arbitrary timetables will guide our strategy from now on. Americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. I will not say when we are going to attack but attack we will. Sean that was more from President Trump earlier tonight. Joining us on the phone calling into us the afghanistan ambassador to the u. S. Is with us. Sir, im glad your watching. Im dying to hear your thoughts. Tell us what you thought of the president s speech tonight. Thank you. We welcome the president for a strong u. S. Relationship in the fight against terrorism. Sean we dont have endless patience and money. To what extent will the region meet their own challenges, sir . This is the first time the focus has been put on what afghanistan needs and were grateful for the outcome. President trump has given afghan what it is hoping for including an expanded authority for troops to target criminal networks and terrorists or pakistan sheltering the terrorists and a shift from arbitrary timetables and letting conditions on the ground determine military strategy. Sean mr. Ambassador, the president was very clear. The American People must see progress. This is not a blank check as he said and you have to carry the share of the burden. My question is will afghanistan and pakistan bear their fair share because the patience in the American People are rather thin right now . Absolutely. Pakistan wants an enduring outcome for our own sacrifices. Were thankful for the sacrifices of the American People and the americans who come here and work with us shouldertoshoulder with us against our common enemy. We have also made a tremendous amount of sacrifices and continue to be determined, to defeat terrorism on our soil. And to work with our partners analyst United States and nato allies to ensure the states that sponsor and shelter terrorists also understand its in their interest to work with us. Sean i wish thank you best with a humble heart, america will help you to build the better country but this is not about nation building or changing your way of life and its really going to be up to you to sort out a lot of evil that exists in that country. The taliban must be destroyed and youre going to have to bear the burden of the bigger fight of that sacrifice as its your region of the world. Do you understand that sir . Afghanistan is committed to reform in our Security Sector and throughout. We do understand and are working extremely hard to ensure that we take control of this war and we have been doing so. We have a fouryear plan that will be complimented by this american strategy in order to defeat terrorism and at the hands of the afghans. We are committed to this war and doing everything we can to ensure we play our part in defeating our common enemy. Sean as you know we believe in america that we are endowed by our creator and all men are created equal. We pay for your country it gets the Freedom People can then flourish to be the people that god intended them to be. We wish you the best under difficulty circumstances and we have to protect our country and we will. Thank you for calling in. Joining us Lieutenant Colonel walsh and tony schafer. General, whats your take on this . Relationships are everything in this part of the world. For the ambassador to call in to your show right after the speech speaks volumes to me and when i was working side by side with the mayors of towns and our soldiers side by side with soldiers and Law Enforcement personnel working with the police its a team effort and thats what he said. The one thing i really appreciate about the president s speech was at the very beginning he honored our as large as, sailors, airmen and marine and pivoted to ask every citizen to honor them he did in his speech and talked about an honorable outcome. Those three pieces set the stage talking about how divided we are as a nation and we need to come together to support our troops overseas. Sean as a country we need to be together. I thought it was a perfect beginning to the speech. You compare the military to clearly referencing the events to charlottesville and the country being divided in recent weeks. If i could, Lieutenant Colonel schafer what are your thoughts on this . I want the people in afghanistan to have what we have but this is not endless support. Were not going to try to change their values but theyll have to fight for their freedom. Were are trying to assist them and weve sacrificed a lot of for them. The enduring outcome is to seek from keeping terrorists have a safe haven. I wrote a book about the turning point going to counterterrorism. I love the ambassador calling in but we dont have to believe we have to support a central government. This say land of war lords. We won afghanistan in 2001 by working with militia forces. We have to govern space wheres terrorists go and go back to offensive operations. I love the talk about leveraging india. Its not just about pakistan, its about china. Now india is a big competitor against china. Hes playing the india card which is very wise. The bottom line is we have get back and its a good move. Sean we didnt know the ambassador from afghanistan was going to call in. What did you think of the exchange i had with him . With ambassador mohib, sean . Sean yeah, the ambassador. Hes a great representative. He is thrilled to hear what he didnt hear under the Obama Administration which is we are with you. Well stand shoulder to shoulder. Our soldiers with your soldiers to defeat a common enemy. Whether its the taliban, alqaeda, isis or the Haqqani Network theyre all there to undermine afghanistan to attack america again and under the Obama Administration it was well, were in but well be out in a few years. I was on the ground when he announced the surge but told the world and enemies when they would withdraw. The taliban werent really our enemies but the alqaeda is. He put all kinds of handcuffs on our troops. He wouldnt allow our pilots to drop when they should. I think the ambassador was thrilled to see us stepping up to the plate and calling pakistan out for what theyre doing. Sean well said. Thank you for being with us. We appreciate it. We didnt know the afghani ambassador would be calling in. When we come back, my monologue, which is important, about sean welcome back to hannity hannity. Proteste protesters were in boston this weekend and as the president said its time to come together as a country. Thats tonights a little delayed open monologue. Earlier President Trump issued a powerful call for unity after the tragedy in charlottesville. Was the media watching . President trump when one part of america hurts we all hurt and when one person suffers an injustice we all suffer together. Loyalty to our nation demands loyalty to one another. Love for america requires love for all of its people. When we open our hearts to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice, no place for bigotry and no tolerance for hate. Sean now, this weekend in boston we saw a massive demonstration to stand up to bigotry and hatred. 40,000 people showed up and the vast majority were peaceful. Very tiny violence. The boston and governor of massachusetts deserve a tremendous amount of credit and praise. It was clearly all hands on deck and they were there for the people in their city and state. Everyone involved did their best to keep the peace and respect peoples First Amendment rights which is so important to all of us and i also want to praise the protesters. 99 plus you see of protesters there, tens of thousand showing up were peaceful. 99 stood up for something that all conservatives, that i know, and all republicans i know, and the president i know finds re g repugnant and is hate and people didnt let the agitators create chaos. This is what we should do as a country but the opposite happened last week when the media used the tragedy in charlottesville to bludgeon the president. We showed you video after video going back for decades, President Trump condemning hate and White Supremacists and david duke and tape in 1991 denouncing duke on larry king live. Its time for the liberal media and democrats stop playing the race card. Stop using this for political advancement and dividing the country further. This happens every two to four years. Ive been playing the tapes over and over over the years and will probably play them tomorrow night. Elect republicans and its like with my father and al gore. They dont want to count you in the census if youre african american. Its time to stop spreading the false narrative because its only tearing the country apart. The president is in governing mode and now is the time through december, agenda, agenda, agenda. Get the agenda accomplished. I Hope Congress was watching tonight and understand the American People expect them to do their job. Here now author of the New York Times best seller understanding trump, fox news contributor, Newt Gingrich. I said at the beginning tonight the power of that president ial pulpit is so powerful. As the president was speaking i was thinking especially in the beginning when he addressed how the military is and at times the countrys so divided and how much we cant begin to measure the good done if the country ever united. Well, i look at two Different Things about tonight. One, youre exactly right. This is a moment in speaking to the country as the president of the whole country. Speaking to the president as the commanderinchief. If he were to take that tone tomorrow into yuma, arizona and on to the veterans of Foreign Affairs or American Legion convention the following day, thats the tone that brings the Trump Presidency up to historic proportions. Tonight he did it as close to perfectly as he could. Theres another part im proud of him and i think its hard to imagine how difficult it is. Hes a very strong willed person. He said i normally historically do what is my first instinct but says being president changes things. He had the courage to stop and pick the right advisors and listen to those advisors and ultimately go down a trail that was not the one he thought six or eight months ago he was going on and to be honest with the American People what he was doing. This is one of the most Honest National security speeches of my life time. I think the president deserves enormous credit for the way he approached it and the way he thought it through. For the precision of what he said. There are 10 or 12 key essentials with the speec. Powerful, more capable and more likely to win. Sean rules of engagement, not telegraphing, letting the generals and troops on the ground make the decision. I want to get into the list when we come back and talk about what happens every two to four years. Well continue this busy breaking news night. Sean we continue with former speaker of the house, newt beginning britc gingrich. We addressed the issue. I like when he said lets bring the country together like our militarys together because we dont are time and talked about rules of engagement and talked about paying their fair share and he adapted and learned and we dont have unlimited patience and a blank check and talked about the Hallowed Ground and winning and obliterating them and blowing them away and nowhere to hide. And were not going to try to nation build. Thoughts. I think first of all i see most decisive National Security speech since ronald reagan. Its much more direct and focussed than any recent president. Its established ground rules which knowing how President Trump operates he intends to really enforce and knowing how secretary mattis and general kelly and general mcmaster and secretary tillerson operate theyll tillerson. The first big one is were coming after you. Hes saying that about the criminal gangs and isil and the taliban and saying to pakistan, do not believe you can provide safety for any of these terrorist groups he mentioned 20 by name, the president did in his speech, and hes really serving notice. We reserve the right to go after them wherever they are and if you dont clean up the Northwest Territories we will. He didnt say it quite that undiplomatically but thats the underlying meaning of the speech. Sean and i like the fact he said to the generals the troops will decide. Theyre the ones on the ground. They know better than anybody in washington, d. C. Not telegraphing times and troops. You dont give the enemy a timetable for leaving. I saw and said a lot about the people in boston, 99 were peaceful. Theres a kid with a trump hat and someone knocked his hat off and others said no violence. Leave this kid alone. He has the right to his opinion too. Had a few agitators but the overwhelming majority peaceful and the president tweeted hes glad they protested against bigotry and hatred and the media never gives him credit and every two to four years we see this card played by the democratic party. Youve seen it in politics your whole career. If the president can stay disciplined and focussed and be as president ial as he was tonight charlottesville they be a great turning point. The president s now paying attention to communicating to with 80 to 90 of the people. He wont get the last 10 that are hardlined left wingers but there are liberal americans who want america to succeed, who really want to find a way to be positive. People come up to me every day that are democrats and liberals but they want to find a way to Work Together because they really love america. I think to the degree he emphasizes being the american president and has to think about this in terms of his speech, if he goes to a Campaign Rally type of speech hell undo the impact of tonight. Tonight he was truly the president of the whole country and truly a command in commanderinchief for all americans. Sean i think the next few months are crucial and i would stay focussed on agenda. Right idea, wrong idea . Youre exactly right. I would stay focussed on being president ial. For example, when they write the tax bill, they should be trying to get the democrats to understand if youre a north dakota democrat or missouri democrat up for reelection next year you may want to find an excuse to vote yes on a tax cut. We need to look at this as the president of the United States trying to move the American Economy forward and let thig democrats help grow the economy. Sean thank you for staying up late with us. When we come back President Trump will hold a rally in arizona. Will the conduct a pardon . He might. Well have more straight ahead. Arpaio. Sean welcome back to hannity. Joining us attorney greg garrett and larry elder. You wrote he may pardon joe arpaio. He was convicted of a misdemeanor criminal contempt for failing to fully follow the law of a judges order to stop illegal immigration questioning and potential detaining of illegal immigrants. When i spoke to to the president a week ago he was incensed about the treatment of joe arpaio and may pardon him which would coincide with tomorrows rally in phoenix. Sean ive seen the left and their comments and social media. Listen, if the president cured cancer tonight, if the dog bites the bee stings and youre feeling sad its all trumps fault in the world of the media. Theyre already blasting away at the possibility President Trump may pardon sheriff joe. We both gave a speech at the Nixon Library and i often ask about the pardon stuff and he said he hasnt asked but would take it if its given. Its not a top agenda for the base. The top agenda for the base are things like tax reform, infrastructure. Sean should he do it . I would say wait if on appeal, wait. Sean wait or do it now . Id do it right now. Theres ample justification for it. Sean love you both. Sorry i cut you short. Sean welcome back to hannity. Quick programming note, make sure to get up early, fox friends, Ainsley Earhardt will be interviewing the Vice President mike pence, tomorrow, 6 00 to 9 00. As always, we thank you for being with us. The show will always be fair and balanced. I like the role reversal. Guess what . Tonight, i get to throw to my friends on the five with a special iv dish or next. Well see you back here tomorrow we cannot repeat the mistakes our leaders made in iraq. America will never let up until you are dealt a lasting defeat. It is tuesday, august 22nd, fox news alert donald trump revealing his strategy on the war in afghanistan ruling out a withdrawal and ramping up the pressure on neighboring pakistan as our secretary of defense arrived in iraq overnight. Fox news alert, is someone hacking our seventh fleet . The brandnew probe in the pacific after the uss john mccain collision. And divers are searching for those ten missing sailors. The wall straight down, blacked out. Breaking overnight dozens heard in a highspeed train crash, the investigation into what exactly went wrong. Fox and friends first starts right now. Heather 7 you are watching fox and friends first this tuesday morning. Rob thank you for starting your day with us. Donald trump setting a new strategy for the war in afghanistan shifting focus from nationbuilding to killing terrorists. Heather here is reaction on the commanderinchief ramping up pressure on pakistan. Reporter the president vowing to fight to win committing the worlds greatest fighting force, it will not be unlimited, not a blank check, certainly it will be ones that he hopes will lead us to victory, here is what the president had to say. We will not dictate to the Afghan People how to live or how to govern their own complex society. We are not nationbuilding again